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4. Conference Call: 1-866-740-1260; Access Code: 6339392 Business Planning for Your Organization “The plan is useless. But planning is essential.” -- Dwight D. Eisenhower

5. Conference Call: 1-866-740-1260; Access Code: 6339392 talks! Today’s Speakers Sponsored by Presenters: Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software Camille Rose, PinkPurse.org

6. Tim Berry http://timberry.bplans.com

7. My name is Camille. My favorite color is pink. I like love to drink margaritas.

8. A little more information about Camille… -Serial Entrepreneur -Founder: a (soon-to-be) nonprofit -Writing my first book: Your Business Plan is Like a Bra It supports your every move

9. What’s a Business Plan?

10. Conference Call: 1-866-740-1260; Access Code: 6339392 Not the Old Standby Executive SummaryExecutive Summary CompanyCompany Product or ServiceProduct or Service Market AnalysisMarket Analysis Strategy and ImplementationStrategy and Implementation Management TeamManagement Team Financial ProjectionsFinancial Projections

11. Your Business

12. How Can It Benefit Nonprofits and Libraries?

17. What Kind of Information Should Be Included?

23. You complete Me

24. How to Get Started

26. Your Competition

27. When Choosing a Tool Flexible: every plan is uniqueFlexible: every plan is unique Financial model and linking.Financial model and linking. Lots of examples and helpLots of examples and help Not pre-written rehashNot pre-written rehash Not fill-in-the-blanksNot fill-in-the-blanks Plans are made, not foundPlans are made, not found

28. When Choosing a Tool

30. Planning as Management “The plan is useless, but planning is essential.”

31. Planning as Management “I don’t know the secret to success; but I do know that the secret to failure is trying to please everybody.”

32. Business Plans Are Always Wrong

33. … but Vital

34. A Good Business Plan Is Never Done

35. Can I borrow your speeder thingamajig?

36. My Email tberry@paloalto.com Follow Me on Twitter @timberry

37. Related Websites www.paloalto.comwww.paloalto.com www.bplans.comwww.bplans.com timberry.comtimberry.com Planasyougo.comPlanasyougo.com

38. Camille Rose camille@pinkpurse.org URL: www.pinkpurse.org BLOG: www.likeabra.com

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